In the early hours of 21 April 2019, six bombings were reported in Sri Lanka. Three churches in Kochchikade, Negombo and Batticaloa and Shangri La, Cinnamon Grand and Kingsbury hotels, all in Colombo were targeted. Following the six bomb blasts two more bombings were reported. The seventh bombing targeted a hotel in the southern Colombo suburb of Dehiwala and the eight in in the district of Dematagoda/Demantagoda.